FTC exposes massive surveillance of kids, teens by social media giants
A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff report has found that social media and video streaming companies have been engaging in widespread user surveillance, particularly of children and teens, with ...
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FTC says social networks’ data privacy, safety policies are ‘woefully inadequate’
Top social media and video streaming companies are facing new scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which released a new report Thursday accusing the platforms of vastly violating users’ ...
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Chesapeake’s $7.4bn acquisition of Southwestern Energy set to conclude in Q4
US gas company Chesapeake Energy's acquisition of Southwestern Energy is now expected to close early in the fourth quarter of ...
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How Harris and Trump Want to Battle Inflation and Lower Prices
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris both want to lower prices, but whether their proposals would ...
Social media companies slammed for ‘woefully inadequate’ data collection safeguards: FTC
YouTube, social media platform X, Snap, Discord and Reddit were also included in the FTC report, though its findings were anonymized and did not reveal specific companies’ practices. YouTube is owned ...
Social media companies engaged in 'vast surveillance,' FTC finds, calling status quo 'unacceptable'
Popular social media platforms and video streaming services pose serious risks to user privacy, with children and teenagers ...
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Senators Urge FTC, DOJ to Investigate AI Models That Copy Third-Party Content — AI: The Washington Report
On September 10, eight Democratic Senators urged the heads of the FTC and DOJ’s Antitrust Division to investigate certain ...
Opinion: Should we blame greed for inflation? If so, whose?
That has been the Democrats’ line ever since it became apparent that Americans blamed the Biden administration for inflation.
FTC: Social Media Sites Are 'Vast Surveillance' Operations
In a strongly worded report, the FTC finds Facebook, TikTok, X, and others 'indefinitely retain troves of data' on the public ...
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Roundup: Social media surveillance / Chevron explosion / Procter & Gamble
The Federal Trade Commission said in a report that major social media companies and video streaming services engaged in vast consumer surveillance while failing to provide adequate privacy controls or ...
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Major social media and streaming websites violated user privacy with “vast surveillance”
(WJET/WFXP)—A new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has found that large social media and video streaming platforms have engaged in vast surveillance of users, monetizing their ...
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FTC report exposes data practices of major social media giants
A new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff examines the data practices of major social media and video ...